溜须拍马 — Chinese idiom
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
Traditional: 溜鬚拍馬
Meaning
- to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom ; to use flatter to get what one wants
- to toady
- boot-licking
Character by character
- 溜liūto slip, to slide, to glide; slippery
- 须xūbeard; must; necessary
- 拍pāito clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, r
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 灰不溜丢 huī bu liū diū
- 不让须眉 bù ràng xū méi
- 一拍即合 yī pāi jí hé
- 拍案叫绝 pāi àn jiào jué
- 拍案而起 pāi àn ér qǐ
- 拍案惊奇 pāi àn jīng qí
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
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